Course of study: This course is geared to helping you understand how individuals lived thousands of years ago! You will study ancient civilizations including prehistoric man, civilizations of the fertile crescent, Egypt, Greece, Rome and China. Comparisons will also be made as to how culture today has evolved from past cultures as well as understanding significant contributions given to our society by ancient civilizations.
Davies Grading Policy:
80% Assessment
10% Participation
10% Homework
Homework is posted daily. Always view agenda book in the event that the assignment has changed slightly. Boxes will be filled in "no homework" if an assignment has not been given for the night. Student responsibility includes writing ALL assignments in the student agenda book.
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| Vocabulary- http://quizlet.com/_9z106 Map Skills Vocabulary http://quizlet.com/_afjjk Early Humankind Vocabulary http://quizlet.com/_as27d Ancient Mesopotamia http://quizlet.com/_b1ngb Ancient Egypt http://quizlet.com/_cvngx Ancient Greece http://quizlet.com/_cvnxs Ancient Romans |
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http://www.environmentalistseveryday.org/publications-solid-waste-industry-research/information/history-of-solid-waste-management/index.php http://prezi.com/h3cuoxxj6nb5/ancient-rome-pollution/ http://www.romanaqueducts.info/picturedictionary/pd_onderwerpen/hygieneandhealth.htm |
Online Textbook
Username: hhamilton22 password: password
http://6thgradeciv.wikispaces.com/6thGradeCiv
Talent 21 webpage
Ancient Egypt
Egyptian Empire Basic Importance of the Nile River Timeline of Rulers
http://egypt.mrdonn.org Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms Rosetta Stone 1
Egyptian gods and goddesses Mummification process Rosetta Stone 2
http://penn.museum/cgi/hieroglyphsreal.php
Mummification Process sites
http://www.site-ology.com/egypt/HOW.HTM
http://www2.si.umich.edu/chico/mummy/demo.html
http://www.salariya.com/web_books/mummy/
Other Sites to Check Out
http://www.eyelid.co.uk/hiero1.htm http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/interactiveadventures/tomb-unknown-mummy/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/geometry/model.html
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/people-places-kids/egypt-tombs-kids.html
Map Skills Practice Sites
Social Studies Skills
Continents Location Click on World Map Puzzles
Maps and Globes Practice and Quiz
Prehistoric Humans
Ancient Tools & Prehistoric Human
Radio Carbon Dating: http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0004-radiocarbon-dating.php
National Geographic Timeline of Human Development
National Geographic 'The Prehistoric World'
Ancient Rome
http://rome.mrdonn.org/houses.html
Families in Ancient Roman times
Ancient Roman buildings The Roman Calendar
The Roman Republic Life of a Roman child
Funerals in ancient Rome Ancient Roman Gods
Types of clothes worn by Romans
Ancient Rome interactive sites and games
"You wouldn't want to be a Roman Gladiator"
Chariot race around the Circus Maximus Game
Ancient Greece
Greek Mythology and Legends
Mythweb The 12 labors of Hercules Mythmachine: Generate & write your own myth
Starfall: Listen to your favorite Greek myth Proper Mythweb site http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/religion/greekrelig.htm
Another site on the 12 labors of Hercules
Greek Myths site provides many different examples
Learn about Ancient Greece
Geography of Ancient Greece Primary History of Ancient Greece City-state of Athens
Excellent site on ATHENS Excellent site on SPARTA The Ancient Greek Olympic Games
The British Museum --Ancient Greece
Games
Make and decorate an Ancient Greek Vase Ancient Arcade/ Matching Greek gods & goddesses
Myth games, stories and a Greek's who's who guide
Myth games, can you name the Greek god or goddess?
Ancient Mesopotamia
Sumerian Achievements PowerPoint Sumerian inventions 101
British Museum Ancient Mesopotamia
Gods and Goddesses in Ancient Mesopotamia
Collapse of ancient Mesopotamia
Expert Space Login: Used to reinforce concepts taught in class
Talent 21
https://sites.google.com/site/wdms8grtalent21/
Link to co-teacher webpage Mrs. Magee http://www.hamiltonschools.org/~mageek
Link to co-teacher webpage Mr. Mason http://www.hamiltonschools.org/~masonj
Please contact me with any questions or concerns at voelkerj@hamiltonschools. My extension at school is 1093 if you would like to call after school hours. Email is best to contact me quickly, as I check my email often and also at the end of the day.